No. 17,420 in Russian
терминалу
"Terminal" (dative case of "терминал").
In a sentence
Я подошёл к терминалу для оплаты счета.
I approached the terminal to pay a bill.
In this sentence, 'терминалу' indicates the dative case, showing the indirect object (to the terminal).
На терминалу были установлены новые программные обеспечения.
New software was installed on the terminal.
In this sentence, 'терминалу' incorrectly uses the instrumental case ending for a context where the prepositional case ('на терминале') is expected; shows a possible grammatical misstep by a speaker.
Мы отправили файл через терминалу.
We sent a file via the terminal.
In this sentence, 'терминалу' should correctly adopt the instrumental case ('через терминал'); highlights the proper grammatical application for this case.
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